Method, System and Device for Inferring a Mobile User's Current Context and Proactively Providing Assistance

1. A method for presenting an automated suggestion at a wearable device, the method comprising, with the wearable device: by one or more sensors coupled to the wearable device, receiving one or more real-time inputs indicative of an implicit cue regarding a user-specific physical activity in relation to a surrounding physical environment; by an automated inference engine coupled to the wearable device, accessing the real-time inputs and one more items of previously stored user-specific information; by the automated inference engine, based on a combination of the one or more real-time inputs and the stored user-specific information, generating a plurality of different user-specific contexts, each user-specific context corresponding to an inferred purpose for the user-specific physical activity; by the automated inference engine, algorithmically selecting at least one of the plurality of different user-specific contexts; generating an automated suggestion based on the selected user-specific context; and presenting the automated suggestion by an output device of the wearable device.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising automatically generating the plurality of different user-specific contexts, wherein one or more of the different user-specific contexts relates to an often-repeated situation and one or more of the different user-specific contexts relates to a not-often-repeated situation.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising determining not to present an automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to an often-repeated situation.

4. The method of claim 2 , comprising presenting the automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to an often-repeated situation.

5. The method of claim 2 , comprising presenting the automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to a not-often-repeated situation.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising selecting a method of presenting the selected automated suggestion based on the user-specific context corresponding to a not-often-repeated situation and presenting the automated suggestion according to the selected method.

7. The method of claim 2 , comprising determining not to present an automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to a not-often-repeated situation.

8. A computing device comprising at least one processor and computer circuitry coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the computer circuitry is arranged to cause the at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

9. A method for providing an automated suggestion in response to a current situation pertaining to a location, position, or movement of a person in relation to a physical environment, the method comprising, with a wearable device: by one or more sensors coupled to the wearable device, receiving one or more real-time inputs indicative of an implicit cue regarding a user-specific physical activity in relation to a surrounding physical environment; by an automated inference engine coupled to the wearable device, accessing the real-time inputs and one more items of previously stored information; by the automated inference engine, based on a combination of the one or more real-time inputs and the stored user-specific information, generating a plurality of user-specific contexts, each user-specific context corresponding to a different inferred purpose for the user-specific physical activity; by the automated inference engine, algorithmically selecting a user-specific context of the plurality of different user-specific contexts; generating an automated response based on the selected user-specific context; and by a processor of the wearable device, executing the automated response.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the execution of the automated response comprises executing an electronic transaction using software at the wearable device.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the execution of the automated response comprises sending a communication relating to the inferred user-specific context to another electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising determining, from the selected user-specific context, one or more recipients for the communication and sending the communication to the one or more recipients over an electronic network.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the execution of the automated response comprises storing data relating to the selected user-specific context in a knowledge base.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the execution of the automated response comprises receiving one or more other real-time inputs at the wearable device and repeating the accessing, generating, selecting, generating, and executing.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the execution of the automated response comprises activating a source of real-time inputs to receive the one or more other real-time inputs.

16. The method of claim 9 , comprising determining a current level of confidence associated with the selected user-specific context and selecting a method of automatically responding based on the current level of confidence.

17. The method of claim 9 , comprising generating a candidate action based on the selected user-specific context; determining a current level of confidence associated with the candidate action; and based on the current level of confidence, determining whether to present the candidate action, automatically execute the candidate action, defer the candidate action until a later time, or discard the candidate action.

18. A method for presenting an automated suggestion at a wearable electronic device, the method comprising, with the wearable electronic device: by one or more sensors coupled to the wearable electronic device, receiving one or more smart device inputs indicative of an implicit cue regarding a user-specific physical activity in relation to a surrounding physical environment; by an automated inference engine coupled to the wearable electronic device, accessing the smart device inputs and one more items of previously stored user-specific information; by the automated inference engine, based on a combination of the one or more smart device inputs and the stored user-specific information, generating a plurality of different user-specific contexts, each user-specific context corresponding to an inferred purpose for the user-specific physical activity; by the automated inference engine, algorithmically selecting at least one of the plurality of different user-specific contexts; generating an automated suggestion based on the selected user-specific context; and presenting the automated suggestion by an output device of the wearable electronic device.

19. The method of claim 18 , comprising automatically generating the plurality of different user-specific contexts, wherein one or more of the different user-specific contexts relates to an often-repeated situation and one or more of the different user-specific contexts relates to a not-often-repeated situation.

20. The method of claim 19 , comprising presenting the automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to an often-repeated situation.

21. The method of claim 19 , comprising presenting the automated suggestion in response to the selected user-specific context corresponding to a not-often-repeated situation.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein the receiving one or more smart device inputs comprises receiving one or more smart device inputs from one or more of a television, a car, and an appliance.